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Mumbai, the NYT's revisionism, and lessons not learned

The Times' Editorial Page blames the Bush administration for "blessing" the military coup against Hugo Chavez without mentioning that it did the same. Why does that matter?

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  • Friday, November 28, 2008 09:04 AM

    Mr. Greenwald,

    macgupta's link to the BBC report is well worth a look. Here is a telling quote from an eye witness to the shootings:

    'Then, the "foreign looking, fair skinned" men, as Mr Mishra remembers them, simply carried on killing.'

    My first rule of thumb when looking at an event such as this is 'false-flag inside-job, til proven otherwise'.

    Killers that are calm, fair skinned foreigners in India are not likely disaffected Muslims. Look for the story behind the story. Much like the Bali bombings, and the London tube station attacks, not to mention the attacks in Madrid, a little research shows that these were all almost certainly perpetrated by 'the good guys'.

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